When the Orleck first arrived at Shipyards West on April 3 -- after being moved by several tugboats -- there was a delay in getting it docked because the ship’s rudder became stuck in the mud.
Workers were able to move the massive warship after about 90 minutes, but it wasn’t exactly where they wanted it to be.
The Orleck had been docked outside the Hyatt Regency downtown for more than a year before it was moved near Bay Street. They have also renamed the pier where the ship is now docked. Instead of Pier 1, it will now be referred to as the Navy Pier.The warship was converted to a museum and moved to Jacksonville from Texas at a cost of a little more than $2 million.
But the warship was never meant to stay in front of the Hyatt, and the city and the Downtown Investment Authority worked to prepare the infrastructure to dock the ship 0.5 miles away at the Museum District, also known as theThe Jacksonville Fire Museum has already found its way to the Museum District along Bay Street. Last March, crews used a large dolly to carry the entire building from its old spot across from TIAA Bank Field.
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